Many teams from the Stanley Cup playoffs began to be counted in the NHL.
Among them is the Swedish team Detroit Red Wings with Lucas Raymond among others.
After turning down Tre Kronor last season, the 21-year-old striker is craving the World Cup in Finland.
Detroit Red Wings, with eight Swedes on the team, have no chance of continuing play after the regular season in the NHL.
Now Lucas Raymond has announced that he wants to come to the Tampere WC in May.
– Of course it was fun to play. I’m excited to play and then it remains to be seen at the end of the season how it goes. I have good contact with the management and it’s a great honor to play there,” Lucas Raymond tells SVT.
He is mainly the assistant general manager of Tre Kronor Josef Boumedienne who is on site in North America and has contact with the Swedish players.
Elias comes out
It looks like Tre Kronor with new national team captain Sam Hallam has the possibility of a World Cup dream team.
Other Swedish stars who appear to be available are Erik Carlsson, San Jose Sharks, Elias Peterson, Vancouver Canucks, Rasmus Sandin, Washington Capitals, Adam Bokvist, Columbus Blue Jackets and Jonathan Berggren, Detroit Red Wings.
Neither the Pittsburgh Penguins with Rijkaard Raquel nor the Florida Panthers with Gustav Forsling will make it to the playoffs either.
The Calgary Flames could go away early with big stars like Jacob Markström, Elias Lindholm, Rasmus Andersson and Mikael Backlund.
Add to that a sexy joker like Calle Rosén in St. Lewis Blues.
Lightning debut for Casper
A week after Rogl was knocked out of the SC playoffs, 18-year-old Austrian Marco Kasper made his debut for the Detroit Red Wings in a 5-2 away win over the Toronto Maple Leafs.
– It felt good. The victory was tough to come home to. It was a very special night for me. Marco Casper says playing with “Copper” (Andrew Copp) and “Razor” (Lucas Raymond) made it easy for me and they helped me a lot there.
In one situation, the “Swedish gang” Lucas Raymond, Simon Edvinson, Moritz Seider and Marco Casper got into a fight with Timothy Lillegren on the other side.
The tournament will take place in Tampere and Riga from May 10 to 28, and Tre Kronor plays the group stage in the mecca of Finnish hockey.
